The Tzec Maun Foundation provides free access to Internet Telescopes
to students and researchers. We have professionally maintained telescopes
in dark locations. Currently we are operating telescopes near Coonabarabran,
New South Wales, Australia as well as in Cloudcroft and Mayhill, NM.

We do maintain a presence
on Facebook where we
publish updates and information about what we do and how some of our
users have been using our services. Finally, we have a
blog that we update now and then.

1 Meter Telescope

We are in the process of finalizing setup of a professional-grade One
Meter telescope at the Tzec Maun Observatory in Cloudcroft, NM. This
is an f/8 instrument produced by EOS Technologies, Inc., with a 1 meter
primary and a 24 centimeter SiC secondary mounted on a high-speed
tip/tilt unit from Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. for doing
AO corrections.

Telescope Portal

Access to our telescopes is via our
Telescope Portal. A list
of telescopes that are available for use can be seen below:

FSQ 106ED
— Siding Spring Observatory, Australia

Takahashi FSQ-106ED

The Takahashi FSQ-106ED has a one-shot color camera. Images are taken
in RAW mode, and will need to be de-bayered by the user (e.g., with
MaxIm DL or PixInsight). RAW images are useful for intermediate and
advanced users.

Field of View:

234x156 arcminutes

Focal length:

540 mm

Focal Ratio:

f/5

RGB Ratio:

N/A, one-shot color

Filters:

N/A, one-shot color

Image scale:

3.3"/pixel

Epsilon 180
— Siding Spring Observatory, Australia

Takahashi Epsilon 180ED

The Takahashi Epsilon 180 Corrected Newtonian is combined with a
Canon 7D DSLR. It features a very fast speed (f/2.8) using an ED
(Extra-low Dispersion) corrector. This setup features Color
Snap-Shot Astronomy software. It is easy for new students to learn
how to use. The primry end result is a color JPG image of the
student images.

Field of View:

164x102 arcminutes

Focal length:

500 mm

Focal Ratio:

f/2.8

Suggested exposures:

1–3 minutes

Pixels:

5184x3456, 5.4µm

Image scale:

1.77"/pixel

TOA 150
— Siding Spring Observatory, Australia

Takahashi TOA-150

The Takahashi TOA-150 is a 6" Refractor. The camera is an SBIG
STL-6303 with a filter wheel. Filters include Luminance, Red,
Green, Blue, as well as narrow-band filters: Hydrogen-alpha,
Sulfur-II, and Oxygen-III. This setup delivers FITS images which
can be processed in programs such as MaxIm DL, PixInsight,
CCDStack, etc. To make color images, you must combine the
individual filtered images into RGB images.